For access to the lab, or for any general training, please contact the lab leader Dr Panagiotis Karagiannidis, or their deputy Dr Stephen Hodge For training on any of the equipment, please contact the Principal User or their deputy for the listed equipment.

While there is a range of devices in the Ink Laboratory, several of them require booking before use. The booking system can be found here.

Testacolor 171

The testacolor 171 is an advanced printing system which enables the accurate single and multilayer printing of functional inks on flexible substrates. It includes exchangeable modules for gravure, flexo, screen printing.

Substrate up to 305 mm x 305 mm with thickness up to 10mm High accuracy five axis with motorised adjustable printing resolution, substrate alignment (+/-2 µm) and nozzles self calibration (< +/-3 µm) Up to three different print-heads (more on request) to deposit aqueous, biologic, solvent and UV based inks Able to print in Raster-Scan Mode (X or Y), Vector Mode (XY) and Single Pass (X or Y)

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